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[05omegav6]

Would it be fair to assume that any 'Microsoft' email that starts with...

Dear Outlook.com customer is faecal waste and should be treated as such

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Would imagine so... Microsoft have your name, and would presumably use it in any email. If in doubt do what I do - open any suspicious mail on a work computer, rather than my own laptop. 

[05omegav6]

It was in my inbox, summat about needing to upgrade my storage? Was suggesting that I needed to upgrade my account and that it was a final notification or some such rubbish

This is my convinced face:  ...

Nuked it anyway

[Shackeng]

Reminds me, a friend's computer got infected recently and sent out the old scam e-mail " I'm stranded/injured/mugged in Cairo/Hanoi/HongKong please send cash..."  to everyone on his list. His sister - who works in IT - sent $3000!!!
Luckily they managed to get it back from the Western Union Office it had been sent to.

I am amazed people still fall for it.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Have you got this woman's email address, please?? I have an Omega restoration that needs funding! 

[Shackeng]

Have you got this woman's email address, please?? I have an Omega restoration that needs funding! 

 

[Kevin Wood]

Would it be fair to assume that any 'Microsoft' email that starts with...

Dear Outlook.com customer is faecal waste and should be treated as such

Well, it's either come from Microsoft or a spammer, so...

[Gaffers]

For future reference if you can send me the email header and HTML in text format I can analyse it against known signatures and check any embedded URLs for known phishing/malware sites.

If unknown I can run it and figure out if it is malicious or not

[05omegav6]

For future reference if you can send me the email header and HTML in text format I can analyse it against known signatures and check any embedded URLs for known phishing/malware sites.

If unknown I can run it and figure out if it is malicious or not

Pm incoming

[TheBoy]

There is a spate of them going around currently.

As guffers says, a quick glance at headers will confirm authenticity